Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area has a population of 200,213 people with a median age of 31.4 and a median household income of $40,955. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area grew from 198,225 to 200,213, a 1% increase and its median household income grew from $40,308 to $40,955, a 1.61% increase.

The population of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is 66.4%White, 19.9%Black, and 8.18%Hispanic. 11.7% of the people in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area speak a non-English language, and 94.4% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is $159,200, and the homeownership rate is 53.4%. Most people in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 21.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is $40,955. Males in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have an average income that is 1.35 times higher than the average income of females, which is $46,215. The income inequality of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area (measured using the Gini index) is 0.484 which is lower than the national average.

Households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have a median annual income of $40,955, which is less than the median annual income in the United States. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area compares to that in it's parent locations.

In 2016, the income inequality in Georgia was 0.484 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.12% growth from 2015 to 2016, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat approximately the same even.

The 2016GINI for Georgia is lower than the national average of 0.485. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Georgia in comaprison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in various wage buckets compared to the national average.

25.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area (48,944 out of 189,205 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Female 18-24, followed by Male 18-24 and then Female 25-34.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is White, followed by Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2015 to 2016, employment in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area grew at a rate of 3.21%, from 87,897 employees to 90,716 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area, are Educational Services, Healthcare & Social Assistance, and Retail trade. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area, though some of these residents may live in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area. In Georgia the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 66 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $9,390. Richmond County, GA has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Georgia.

The closest comparable data for the metropolitan statistical area of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is from the state of Georgia.

6-17

Male Majority

6-17

Female Majority

Georgia residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Georgia. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.

The closest comparable data for the metropolitan statistical area of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is from the state of Georgia.

$9,390

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Georgia were $9,390 in 2014, but $9,357 in 2013. These numbers represent a 0.35% growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Georgia are $$198 less than the national average.

Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area compared to national reimburesments.

Medicare enrollees between the ages of 65 and 75 that have had treatment related to their diabetes and been categorized with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas. The closest comparable data for the metropolitan statistical area of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is from the state of Georgia.

In 2014, the Medicare enrollees in Georgia between the ages of 65 and 75 had 65,765 eye exams, 89,246 hemoglobin tests, and 83,505 lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.

Female Medicare enrollees between the ages of 67 and 69 that have been classified with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas. The closest comparable data for the metropolitan statistical area of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is from the state of Georgia.

In 2014, out of the 72,262 women in Georgia between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, 44,784 had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from 2010 to 2014.

West Virginia has a Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted) value of 43.4, followed by New Hampshire with 35.8 and Ohio with 32.9. The following map shows all of the states colored according to their Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted).

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, McDuffie County, GA has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 17.4%, the highest value of any county in Georgia. This represents a 21.7% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 14.3%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Georgia colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Calhoun County, GA has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 26.8%, the highest value of any county in Georgia. This represents a 6.77% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 25.1%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Georgia colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Richmond County, GA has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 13.6, the highest rate of any county in Georgia. This represents a 0.74% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 13.5.

The following map shows all of the counties in Georgia colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.

Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is home to a population of 200,213 people, from which 94.4% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is composed of 132,958White residents (66.4%), 39,936Black residents (19.9%), 16,373Hispanic residents (8.18%), 7,072Asian residents (3.53%), and 3,105Two+ residents (1.55%). The most common foreign languages in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are Spanish (12,922 speakers), Chinese (1,546 speakers), and Korean (860 speakers), but compared to other places, Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area has a relative high number of Gujarati (380 speakers), Korean (860 speakers), and Hindi (497 speakers).

In 2016, the median age of all people in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area was 31.4. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 30.6, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 35.9. But people in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are getting getting older. In 2015, the average age of all Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area residents was 31.

In 2016, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Georgia was Mexico, the natal country of 271,636Georgia residents, followed by India with 79,602 and Germany with 50,674.

When compared to other states, Georgia has a relatively high number of residents that were born in US Virgin Islands. In 2016, there were 8,341 people from US Virgin Islands living in Georgia, approximately 4.11 times more than would be expected based on national averages.

As of 2016, 94.4% of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2015, the percentage of US citizens in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area was 94.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been declining in that location.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area compared to it's parent geographies.

In 2016, there were 3.33 times more White residents (132,958 people) in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area than any other race or ethnicity. There were 39,936Black and 16,373Hispanic residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area as a share of the total population.

20,915 of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.1%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area was Spanish. 6.45% of the overall population of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are native Spanish speakers. 0.77% speak Chinese and 0.43% speak Korean, the next two most common languages.

When compared to other metropolitan statistical areas, Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area has a relatively high number of residents that are native Gujarati speakers. In 2015, there were 380 native Gujarati speakers living in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area, approximately 1.5 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.

In 2015 universities in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area awarded 12,320 degrees. The student population of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is skewed towards females, with 5,066 male students and 7,254 female students. Most students in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are White (8,840 and 71.8%), followed by Black or African American (1,131 and 9.2%), Asian (760 and 6.17%), and Hispanic or Latino (489 and 3.97%). The largest universities in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area by number of graduates are University of Georgia (10,389 and 84.3%), Athens Technical College (1,788 and 14.5%), and Georgia Institute of Cosmetology (143 and 1.16%). The most popular majors in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are General Psychology (495 and 4.02%), General Finance (431 and 3.5%), and General Biological Sciences (410 and 3.33%). The median tuition costs in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are N/A for private four year colleges, and $9,364 and $27,574 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015, the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of Georgia with 10,389 graduates.

Most students in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area are graduating from Public, 4-year or above institutions. Here is the breakdown of tuitition costs by sector for both in-state and out-of-state tuition:

In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area were White. These 8,840 graduates mean that there were 7.82 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 1,131 graduates.

The median property value in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is $159,200, which is 0.78 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $157,800 to $159,200, a 0.89% increase. The homeownership rate of Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is 53.4%, which is lower than the national average of 63.6%. People in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have an average commute time of 21.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$40,955

Median Household Income

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73,260

Number of Households

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In 2016, the median household income of the 73,260 households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area grew to $40,955 from the previous year's value of $40,308.

The following chart displays the households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

In 2016, the median property value in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area grew to $159,200 from the previous year's value of $157,800.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area the largest share of households have a property value in the $200k-$250k range.

This chart shows the households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800-$1.5k range.

The following chart displays the households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have 2 cars, followed by 1 car.

Using averages, employees in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have a shorter commute time (21.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (25 minutes). Additionally, 2.49% of the workforce in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows the average travel time in Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area compared to its parent geographies.